Broom or analogous instrument.



(No Model.)

. Patented Nov. H, I902, McCLlNTOCK YOUNG.

BROOM 0R ANALOGDUS INSTRUMENT.

(Application filed. June 11, 1902.)

Snow V606 nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOCLINTOCK YOUNG, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE PALMETTO FIBRECOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BROOM OR ANALOGOUS INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,549, dated November11, 1902.

Application filed June 11,1902.

To all whom, it ntmy concern:

Be it known that I, MoCLINTooK YOUNG, of Frederick, county of Frederick,and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBrooms or Analogous Implements, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to brooms and analogous implements, and has inview a flexible connection of the broom-head with the handle in orderthat the operator may be relieved of the usual strain incident to arigid handle or stiff broom and in order that the wear on the carpet andbroom may be avoided.

With these ends in view my invention consists in interposing between thehandle and head of the broom a flexible connecting device in the form ofa rod or wire secured, respectively, to the head and handle andextending in such relation to the head that the wire will be subjectedto a torsional strain when the head of the broom yields relatively tothe handle in the act of sweeping.

The invention consists also in the details of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a broomhaving myinvention embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view onthe line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line b bof Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the parts of the flexibleconnection detached from the broom.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a brush or broom head, and 2 ahandle, which terminates at its end close to the back of the head andwhich is connected with the same by means of two connecting devices 3 ofangular form, fastened rigidly to the handle and head, so as to extendalong the opposite sides of the handle and longitudinally at the back ofthe head, as shown in Fig. 1. These connecting devices are formed oflengths of ordinary commercial wire, which are bent about mid waybetween their ends at a right angle, forming two directly-connected arms4 and 5, extending in one and the same plane, the arms 4 extendingparallel to each other along the opposite sides of the handle and thearms 5 extending in opposite directions outward lon- Serial No. 111,181.(No model.)

gitudinally along the back of the broom-head. As a result of thisconstruction and arrangement, and particularly by reason of the arms 5extending longitudinally at the back of the head, the lateral or sidemovement of the broom when in use will place the arms 5 under atorsional strain, which will permit the head to yield to a limitedextent and which when the side strain on the broom is relieved willquickly restore the same to its normal position. The arms should befirmly secured to the head and handle in such manner that any twistingor slipping of the same with reference to the broom will be prevented,and this may be accomplished in any suitable manner. I prefer, however,to adopt the means shown, which has been found in practice to answeradmirably the ends in view.

On reference to the drawings it will be seen that the sides of thehandle are provided with grooves, in which the arms 4 are seated andsecured by staples 6, embracing the arms and driven into the handle, andat the ends of these grooves sockets or holes 7 are formed, whichreceive tangs 8 on the ends of the arms. The back of the broom-head isprovided with a longitudinal groove, in which the arms 5 are seated andare secured by means of staples 9, and at the ends of the grooves holes10 are formed, into which tangs 11 on the ends of the arms 5 are seated.From this construction it will be observed that the corn meeting-wiresare rigidly and firmly secured to the handle and the head of the broom,and by reason of this firm connection there will be no liability of thewires slipping when the broom is subject to lateral pressure or strainin the act of sweeping. Consequently the wires at the back of the sameWill be placed under a torsional strain and will in this mannerconstitute a flexible connection between the head and handle.

It will be observed that the two arms 4 and f the connectingdevices arejoined directly together at the bend and that they extend in one and thesame plane, and when assembled and applied to the handle and head of thebroom they extend closely within the angles between the sides of thehandle and the adjacent sides of the head.

I do not claim herein the construction disclosed in my Patent No.706,144, dated Angust 5, 1902, showing the connection between the handleand head of the broom in the form of a coiled spring arrangedtransversely to the axis of the handle. The device of the presentapplication dispenses with this coiled spring and efifects a flexibleconnection between the handle and head in a simple and efifectivemanner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In combinationwith a broom-head, a handle therefor, and a wire or rod bent between itsends to form directly-connected arms disposed at right angles to eachother and the said arms extending respectively along the handle andlongitudinally at the back of the broom-head and firmly secured to saidparts.

2. In combination with a broom-head, a handle therefor and a flexibleconnection be tween the two comprising two wires or rods bent betweentheir ends to form each two directly-connected arms 4 and 5 disposed oneat right angles to the other and extending in the same plane, the arms 4extending parallel to each other and fastened to the opposite sides ofthe handle, and the arms 5 extending in opposite directions at the backof the head and firmly secured thereto.

3. In combination with a broom-head, a handle therefor, and two wires orrods bent between their ends to form arms 4 and 5 disposed at rightangles to each other, and connected directly together, with the arms 4:ex tending parallel to each other and fastened to the opposite sides ofthe handle, and the arms 5 extending in opposite directions at the backof the broom-head and fastened thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 4th day of June, 1902,in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MCOLINTOOK YOUNG.

Witnesses:

ll/IARSHALL FoUT, J. MARSHALL MILLER.

t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 718,549, grantedNovember 11, 1902, upon the application of McOlintock Young, ofFrederick, Maryland, the title of the invention was erroneously Writtenand printed Brooms or Analogous Instruments, Whereas the said titleshould have been Written and printed Brooms and Analogous Implements andthat the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of November, A. 1)., 1902.

F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

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